April 19, 2004: Oliver Mtukudzi in Concert
at Mount Holyoke College
8:00 pm Chapin Auditorium
Tickets for MHC faculty, staff and students are free
Banning Eyre "Popular Music and Political Struggle in Zimbabwe"
4:00 pm New York Room, Mary Lyon HallOliver
Mtukudzi Lyrics

This course uses popular music, dance, fiction, film, street art, bus
slogans, newspapers and other sources to document African interpretations
of the
decades since flag independence in 1960. We will let African
musicians, writers, film-makers and artists direct our investigation of
the big questions of the
class: Why is the gap between rich and poor in African societies increasing?
What is happening to gender relations? What do African people think of
their
political leaders and how do they imagine political situations might improve?